Only 43 at the time of his death, Blocker died on May 13, , of a pulmonary embolism a post-op blood clot to the lungs following a "routine" gall bladder surgery. Blocker was universally loved by cast and crew alike. According to Mitch Vogel, who played Jamie in the last few seasons of Bonanza , "Dan Blocker was easy to get to know—the kind of guy you could go and have a beer with.
I said to my wife, 'That's it. It's finished. After Blocker's unexpected death, it was decided that his character Hoss would be killed in an accident in an episode of the show.
This was to be the first time in television history that a show had dealt with, or even mentioned, the death of one of its characters. The episode, titled "Forever," was originally written to include Blocker as Hoss and, in fact, to showcase his acting talent. Instead, Landon took the starring role, and the episode sees him falling in love with, getting engaged to, and marrying Alice Harper.
Unfortunately, Alice has a ne'er-do-well brother heavily in debt to a ruthless gambler named Sloan, who pays a visit to Alice.
When she refuses to cooperate with Sloan and his men, one of Sloan's henchmen ruthlessly beats to death the new Mrs. Cartwright who was pregnant at the time. To cover up their crime, Sloan's men burn down the cabin. The rest of the episode deals with Little Joe's loss and the family's grief, before Little Joe tracks down Sloan and his gang.
While "Forever" never directly dealt with the actual circumstances of Hoss' or Blocker's death, many scenes were obvious references. Said Landon about the episode: " We try to mention Hoss' death very simply, in passing It actually became the first time in television history that a series killed off a major young male character as opposed to writing him off of the show in another way.
In Season 14, writers attempted to fill the hole left by Blocker with Griff King, a parolee who was trying to turn his life around on the Ponderosa Ranch, as well as the return of Cowboy Canaday, but ratings never recovered.
The show ended after Season In the made-for-TV movie, Bonanza: The Next Generation , it was revealed that Hoss died while trying to save a woman from drowning. View this post on Instagram. The real Cartwrights were away from the Ponderosa. So Meredith pretended to be Ben, telling folks he was seriously ill, all the while trying to sell off Cartwright assets.
It was the second time the character Bradley Meredith appeared on Bonanza. A month later after the airing, Dan Blocker, who played middle brother Hoss, died unexpectedly. He was only With weeks before he needed to start filming for the 14th season of Bonanza , Blocker had what was thought to be routine gallbladder surgery.
After surgery, Blocker developed blood clots in his lungs and died of a pulmonary embolism. His parents nicknamed him Hoss.
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